September 13: Sounds from Emerald Cocoon

Emerald Cocoon presents...

9 PM 

Gate (NZ)

Sprawling guitar and electronic dirges from a member of legendary New Zealand free-rock hermits The Dead C. Incredibly rare LA performance not to be missed. "...The nod-out rhythms, the smudged, narcoleptic vocals, guitars that sound like they are being dragged behind slow-moving monster trucks, solos that barely escape the omnivorous gravity of fuzz and low grade tape hiss... chords dissolve into each other, leading to endless euphoric codas..." - Volcanic Tongue 

The Renderizors (NZ)

The more abstract alter-ego of NZ countrified psych legends The Renderers. The Renderizors juxtapose Maryrose Crook's forlorn underwater ballads against slippery clouds of raw electric string damage supplied by Brian Crook and a rotating cast of collaborators that have included members of Sandoz Lab Technicians, Bardo Pond, Metal Rouge and Pumice among others....

Peter Kolovos

Quite possibly the most singular voice in solo electric guitar music working today. "Kolovos plays the guitar with virtually nada in terms of pre-established technique. He slashes into awkward chords, he tears at the guts of the guitar, he unwinds sheets of metal feedback from it, all the while emphasizing its primary identity as a conductor of electricity." - Volcanic Tongue